We tend to think being “smart” and being “intelligent” are the same, but they’re actually two different traits. Some scholars who study the brain, cognition, and intelligence suggest that being smart refers to how much you study or learn, but intelligence is your natural ability to learn. Humans have to work at being smart—but if they’re intelligent, being smart may come easy to them.
If you’ve ever been curious “Am I smart?,” what you were probably wondering was whether you possess a uniquely high level of intelligence.
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